Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi There, Good Day !!

I have txt file containing data in the below format. There are many lines, here i have mentioned for example.

Code:

cat remo.txt

2/3/2017  file1
3/4/2016  file2
6/6/2015  file5
1/1/2018  file3
4/3/2014  file4
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I need to grep the file names for given date rage from user.

for example --

if user enters any date rages (start date) and (end date) as arguments along with script like below

Code:

./script.sh 1/1/2014 1/1/2016

then output will be

Code:

4/3/2014  file4
3/4/2016  file2
6/6/2015  file5

Please guide me for this portion of script, i will complete my task.

Thanks in Advance.

Moderator's Comments:

Please use CODE tags as required by forum rules!

Why is 3/4/2016 file2 in the results when end date is 1/1/2016? And, is the date format mm/dd/yyyy or dd/mm/yyyy?

date format is dd/mm/yy.

Moderator's Comments:

Thanks for trying code tags, but overdoing doesn't help either. Tags for code and data, not for normal text.

And the other question?

Plus, on top: Any attempts / ideas / thoughts from your side?

Actually, i tried to do with convert dates in unix time and compare, but it does not work.

so i am seeking help from this forum.

And the residual question?

Apart form this code, i have to do some more code on the data which script will get between start date and end date. Please help me with the above code, the rest i can finish.

Thanks